Electric cigar-lighter.



M. H. SPIELMAN.

ELECTRIC CIGAR LIGHTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 15, 1914.

Patented July 20, 1915.

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M. H. SPIELMAN.

ELECTRIC CIGAR LIGHTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 15, 1914.

Patented July 20, 1915.

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MAXMILLIAN H. SPIELMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ELECTRIC CIGAR-LIGHTER.

Application filed December '15, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MAXMILLIAN H. SPIELMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county,-and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Cigar-Lighters, of which the following is a description in such full, clear, and exact terms as will enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an electric cigar lighter which is useful in various situations a slight modification; Fig. 7 is a face elevation of the said modification; Fig. 8 is a section of the lighter proper; Fig. 9 .is an outside view thereof; Fig. 10 is an elevation with parts broken away; Fig. 11 is a cross section on the line 1111 of Fig. 8 and Fig.

1 12 is an end view of the device.

The lighter comprises a body 10 with a switch button 11 and a number of high resistance wires 12 (see Figs. 3 and 12) adapted to be raised to incandescence by an electric current so that the end of the cigar when placed in engagementwith these wires may be ignited. The wires 12 pass over a mica plate 32 which is fastened in a cap 33 the same having pins 34 which look in bayonet slots 35 in the body 10. The cap 33 also carries fast a rigid insulation block 36 through which the wires 12 lead to contacts 37 on the bottom of the block 36. Within the body 10 is another insulation mass 38 carrying two spring pressed pins 39 and 39 adapted respectively to engage the contacts 37. The pin 39 is indirect contact with one of the wires 17 and the pin 39 is connectible with the other wire 17 by means of a spring switch plate 40 engaged by the button 11. The circuit therefore, is normally open but by pressing the button 11, the cir- Specific ation of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1915.

Serial No. 877,299.

cuit may be closed and the wires 12 raised to incandescence as explained. This lighting device is held in a spring clasp 14: which is mounted on the front of the casing 15. The casing 15 is preferably formed of metal and is adapted to be screwed or otherwise fastened to the dash board or wall of the automobile or in any other situation in which it is desired to place the device.

Within the casing 15 a reel 16 is arranged over which an electrical cable 17 is hung, the same extending to the lighter 10.

18 is a spring for rewinding the reel. 19 are commutator brushes which make contact with metal surfaces 20 on the reel 16 'with, which metal surfaces the strands of the cable 17 are in contact. However, the rotation of the reel does not disturb the transmission of the electrical current to and through the cable 17. The brushes 19 are a mounted on an insulation base 21 and are in connection with wires 22 which transmit the current to the brush and thence to the lighter 10. ,1

Above the reel 16 the casing 15 is provided with an opening 23 to admit the insertion of the tip of a cigar, past which opening a blade 24 is adapted to shear. This blade is carried on hinged lid 25 on the top casing. To cut the cigar end, therefore, it is only necessary to insert it in the opening 23 and move the lid 25 up and then down, the blade 2-1 shearing past the opening and cutting off the end of the cigar.

The modification shown in Figs. 6 and 7 does not differ in principle from the construction above described but the casing 15 is designed so that it may be mortised into the wall or other part on which it is mounted. Further, instead of the compartment 26 for the reception of the cigar clippings (as in Figs. 1 to 5) I furnish a drawer 27 which slides in and out so that it may be withdrawn and the clipping conveniently emptied. The drawer 27 has a knob 28 which is also the journal of a shear blade 29 that is designed to sweep past the opening 30 in the front wall ofthe drawer 27 and thereby clipping off the-end of the cigar.

It will be seen that the device thus constructed will be very convenient to smokers particularly in situations which are exposed to wind and weather. The user has only to grasp the lighter 10, removing it from the 1 clasp 14 and press the switch 11. This causes the wires 12 to glow and the cigar will be lit. The tip of the cigar may be as readily cut by inserting it 'into the opening 23 or 30 as the case may be by lowering the lid 25 or 28.

on the body to control said circuit, a cap removably secured over the end of the body, an insulation mass in the cap, electrical connections passing through the insulation in the cap and adapted to engage the said pins, and a high resistance wire exposed at the outer end of the cap, the said wire joined to HGSSGS.

the electrical connections in the insulation mass for the purpose specified.

-2. A cigar lighter having a hollow body, a cap at one end thereof, an igniting wire exposed in the cap, an insulation block in the body, spring pressed pins carried in the block and adapted to contact with the said wire, and means joining the pins in an electrical circuit, such means including a switch in the body and a switch button for operating it, exposed at the outside of the body.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two wit- MAXMILLIAN H. SPIELMAN.

Witnesses:

PATRICK A. BOLGER, ENDA TANNER. 

